Luck of The Devil

A 15 year old spy is a pretty crazy thought but Alex Rider in the book Snake Head is and is very good. He is posing as a refugee trying to be smuggled into Australia by the most dangerous gang in the world the Snake Heads. He is working undercover to try and figure out how they do it so the Australian secret service can stop it and arrest some gang members. But along the way he runs into a lot of trouble. I predict that he will be caught and killed by the leader of the Snake Head even though his godfather always said he had “The luck of the devil.”

My main is reason is that I think someone has been spying on him and reporting it to Major Yu. So he already knows what he looks like and who he is so Alex won’t have the element of surprise. That is his biggest weapon not being fully grown yet people never see it coming. Also Major Yu has been the leader of the gang for 15 years so he is very good at his job. Alex just turned 15 last month. He doesn’t have the experience which is a huge factor with this job. So he is at a disadvantage from the start.

Also A huge reason is he usually has gadgets this time he has nothing to help him. He is empty handed and is out matched it seems. In the past gadgets have always been huge they helped him with everything you can think of to give him an edge. He needs that edge more than ever now but I think he is in a bad situation they know he is a spy and what he is capable of.

All in all, you never want to see the main character die but I think it adds an interesting twist. It’s almost as if you can see this coming because he has to do it all by himself and they know exactly who he is. Luck can’t always win. In the end skill will prevail.